[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 76 (Thursday, April 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19748-19749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9751]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. CP95-320-000]


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.; Notice of Application

April 14, 1995.
    Take notice that on April 12, 1995, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 
(Tennessee), P.O. Box 2511, Houston, Texas 77252, filed an application 
in Docket No. CP95-320-000 pursuant to sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the 
Natural Gas Act requesting permission and approval to abandon in place 
certain pipeline and to abandon by removal certain other pipeline 
facilities and for a certificate of public convenience and necessity 
authorizing it to construct and operate replacement pipeline facilities 
in order to improve an existing river crossing, all as more fully set 
forth in the application on file with the Commission and open to public 
inspection.
    Tennessee states that the results of a corrosion survey indicate 
that the three 16-inch pipelines located on Tennessee's 100-1, Line 
where it crosses the D`Arbonne Bayou in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana have 
deteriorated and must be replaced. In order to maintain the integrity 
of its mainline transmission system, Tennessee proposes to construct a 
single 24-inch replacement pipeline.
    The existing crossing consists of two 24-inch headers with three 
connecting 16-inch with three connecting 16-inch lines and 
approximately 819 feet connecting the header on the west bank to 
Tennessee's Line 100-1. The portion of the three 16-inch lines beneath 
the bayou (536 feet each) will be abandoned in place and capped on the 
east and west banks. The remaining on-bank tie-in facilities (three 
segments of 423 feet each and one 24-inch line segment of 819 feet), 
including the two 24-inch headers will be removed.
    Tennessee states that the age of the facilities (nearly 50 years 
old), the [[Page 19749]] movement of the bayou, and the dictates of 
enhanced design technique make it advisable to install replacement 
facilities, which would be located approximately 100 feet south of the 
existing right-of-way. Tennessee proposes to use the existing cleared 
right-of-way to the maximum extent possible for an expanded work and 
staging area. The replacement line will consist of approximately 1,800 
feet of piggable 24-inch pipeline, horizontally drilled, beginning at 
Milepost 47-1+1.72 and extending to Milepost 47-1+2.06 on Tennessee's 
Mainline 100-1 in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana. Tennessee states that 
directionally drilled pipelines under rivers are significantly more 
secure than older pipelines which were installed by way of trenching 
under the river bed. Tennessee indicates that upon completion of the 
proposed construction, the existing 1.2 acre existing right-of-way, 
after grading and implementation of erosion and revegetation measures, 
will be permitted to revert to its natural state.
    Tennessee states that the replacement will not increase the 
capacity of Tennessee's mainline. No compression or metering facilities 
will be added or modified. Nor will there be any effect on Tennessee's 
customers, since Mainlines 100-2, 100-3, and 100-4 will handle all of 
the diverted gas volumes until the bayou crossing replacement is 
completed.
    Tennessee estimates that the replacement project will cost 
approximately $1,085,458 for the pipeline facilities and $368,938 for 
abandonment of the three 16-inch lines.
    Any person desiring to be heard or to make any protest with 
reference to said application should on or before May 5, 1995, file 
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20426, a 
motion to intervene or a protest in accordance with the requirements of 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 
385.211) and the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). 
All protests filed with the Commission will be considered by it in 
determining the appropriate action to be taken but will not serve to 
make the protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to 
become a party to a proceeding or to participate as a party in any 
hearing therein must file a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
Commission's Rules.
    Take further notice that, pursuant to the authority contained in 
and subject to jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission by sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act and 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, a hearing will be 
held without further notice before the Commission or its designee on 
this application if no motion to intervene is filed within the time 
required herein, if the Commission on its own review of the matter 
finds that a grant of the certificate and approval for the proposed 
abandonment are required by the public convenience and necessity. If a 
motion for leave to intervene is timely filed, or if the Commission on 
its own motion believes that a formal hearing is required, further 
notice of such hearing will be duly given.
    Under the procedure herein provided for, unless otherwise advised, 
it will be unnecessary for Tennessee to appear or be represented at the 
hearing.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-9751 Filed 4-19-95; 8:45 am]
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